Things you might have missed

june 2011

 Kersten's work had a trivia contest.

And Team Ninja Zombie reached the final 2.

Do you LOVE their t-shirts?

Pure luck that Kersten got questions he for sure knew about

like Arrested Development and Green Day.

And as luck would have it THEY WON

and he got a gift card to the movie theatre that basically

we could take our family to 2 movies a month.

This is how we saw Pirates, Smurfs, Harry Potter, Cars 2, The boys saw Transformers,

Noah and I saw Captain America, X-Men First Class etc

So we really took advantage of this card and even got popcorn too.

We still have a bit on it and we are saving it.

We are a movie loving family so it has been an extra treat this summer and on.

Aug 2011

 Yes. this is our family at a Mustache Party.

We look totally awesome.

Everyone at Grahams birthday had to wear a mustache.

Maybe for my birthday I will have a 

Aug 2011

 An In-N-Out Burger opened close to our house.

Everyday we would drive past it.

Noah would update us on it's progress and what was new.

We have gone a couple times since it opened.

On one of the visits our kids received Hats.

For 3 days straight my kids played In-N-Out

they would take orders and make burgers.

I heard them laughing so hard once and when I asked them what happened

Apparently, Phineas and Ferb's dad (Lawrence Fletcher)

kept coming in trying to order a chicken salad.

And they only serve burgers.

It was hysterical and they were entertained for days.

Sept 2011

Hooray!

We got a new car, a Honda Pilot 2005.

My Corolla had 3 big things break in a week.

So we traded it in.

LOVE my new car.

I love the space, the way it drives.

It makes me happy.

Noah and Sofia named it the BHB

the Blue Honey Badger.

The Honey Badger is the fiercest in the animal kingdom.

Just ask YouTube. 

Sept 20,2011

 Sofia went on her first field trip to the Apple Orchard.

Her cousin Kaitlyn went to her preschool last year and came with us.

It was super fun.

We went on a hay ride and got to pick apples and leaves.

She was really excited to meet the farmer.

And was very disappointed when Farmer Randy

did not wear a hat and overall.

Sept 21,2011

For Amy's Birthday all she wanted was 

The Captain Jack Sparrow Barbie.

We went on a treasure hunt to find him.

It was delightful and delicious.  

We found him and he is absolutely beautiful.

I collect Barbies too and have not wanted one for awhile.

But Johnny Depp is just to beautiful for words.

In all forms including Barbie form. 

Sept 2011

 Sofia loves her picture taken.

She wanted a picture in the new car

Pretending to sleep.

She usually wears her jammies to drop Noah off unless it is a school day for her.

Silly little woman.

Sept 23,2011

 Noah class learned about the Constitution.

His whole class can recite the Preamble 

and do it in Sign Language.

It was really impressive.

They went on a Field Trip to the State Capital

and had to dress up like one of the delegates from 

the Constitutional Convention.

Noah was assigned a delegate from Virginia

named Edmund Randolph.

He could not make up his mind so he didn't sign.

Luckily we have hookups.

Papa Al has period clothes.

So everything but Noah's socks and shoes are period.

He was the hero in school.

I came in the day before to show them the clothes and a powdered horn.

I love the hat.  I think he looks rather dashing!  Don't You?